Hold Fast

Description

In 1940, Jersey teenager Michael Le Breton’s peaceful life is shattered by the German invasion of the Channel Islands. His older brother, Jacques, draws him into the island’s resistance efforts, but their family faces its greatest danger when they decide to hide Konstantin, an escaped Russian prisoner. Konstantin, one of many Eastern Europeans brought to Jersey as slave labour, is deeply scarred by his brutal experiences, making his relationship with the family tense and volatile.

As Michael navigates these dangers, the situation becomes even more precarious when his twin sister, Amy, befriends a disillusioned German soldier. Michael is forced to confront the harsh realities of war. What unfolds changes his life forever.

After a long and fulfilling career teaching English, with a passion for a wide variety of literature, Sarah Le Marchand began her own writing journey by completing an MA in Creative Writing with the Open University. Her first novel, Hold Fast, is inspired by her Jersey family’s history and her long-standing interest in the German occupation of the Channel Islands from 1940 to 1945.